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Definition of swage in English:

swage

noun

1A shaped tool or die for giving a desired form to metal by hammering or pressure.

‘These spring swages were carefully patterned after the shapes contained in an original Drew calking die I bought from the company many years ago.’

‘At a distal end of the head support arm, there is a flat portion with a swage hole for connection of the flexure assembly.’

‘You can find wreaths, door swages and various other items for just about every season if you shop around a bit.’

‘The bumper-to-body join lines are discreet and in line with the side rubbing strake, and the wheel arches are gently flared instead of being bounded by thick swages.’

‘Even if it was the swages that caused the damage it does not take a genius to figure out the physics behind what would be most likely to cut.’

2A groove, ridge, or other molding on an object.

verb

[WITH OBJECT]

1Shape (metal) using a swage, especially in order to reduce its cross section.

‘They are swaged to a uniform shape and weight, which promotes excellent accuracy.’

‘Since metal is swaged around a mandrel, the blank actually gets longer during the process.’

‘The hassle factor goes up exponentially when you have to swage primer pockets and keep that brass separate.’

‘Its Reduced Hazard ammunition features a core of pure Bismuth that is first cast, then swaged and finally plated with a jacket of pure copper.’

‘The ‘cut wire’ process consists of cutting off cylinders of steel wire, rounding them by swaging and grinding them to final shape between two flat rotating disks, followed by annealing and polishing.’

‘The company also specializes in metal fabrication of tubular components including swaging, bending, flaring, tip reducing, coiling, and laser welding.’